# ga-
## Cayuga
### Prefix

ga-
* noun prefix

### References

Frances Froman, Alfred J. Keye, Lottie Keye, Carrie Dyck (2002) English-Cayuga/Cayuga-English Dictionary, University of Toronto, page 705

## Cebuano
### Etymology

Shortened form of naga-. Compare nag-.

### Prefix

ga- (contemplative maga-, mag-, imperative pag-)
* Alternative form of nag-, naga-
    Galuto ko og utan ― I am cooking vegetables

#### Usage notes

* Commonly used, as does nag-, in contrast with naga- which is only ever used in formal situations or literature.
* See usage notes for nag- and naga-.

#### Related terms

* gi-
* gina-
* ging-

## Gothic
### Romanization

ga-
* Romanization of 𐌲𐌰-

## Ojibwe
### Preverb

ga-
* form of da- used after a personal prefix
* (some speakers) contraction of giga-

#### See also

* ge-
* ji-
* wii-

### References

* The Ojibwe People's Dictionary https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/main-entry/ga-pv-tns

## Old Saxon
### Prefix

ga-
* Alternative form of gi-

## Onondaga
### Prefix

ga-
* noun prefix

### References

* Hanni Woodbury (2018) A Reference Grammar of the Onondaga Language, University of Toronto, page 284

## Seneca
### Prefix

ga-
* noun prefix

### References

* Wallace Chafe (2014) A Grammar of the Seneca Language, University of California Press, page 86

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Possibly related to gaya (“like; imitated”).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ɡa/ [ɡɐ]
* Syllabification: ga-

### Prefix

ga- (Baybayin spelling ᜄ)
* used to indicate of a similarly big size: as big as; as large as
    ‎ga- + ‎bahay (“house”) → ‎gabahay (“as big as a house”)
    ‎ga- + ‎bundok (“mountain”) → ‎gabundok (“as big as a mountain”)
* used to indicate similarity: like; similar to
    ‎ga- + ‎nito (“this”) → ‎ganito (“like this”)
    ‎ga- + ‎niyan (“that”) → ‎ganiyan (“like that”)

#### Derived terms

* gababoy
* gabahay
* gabaka
* gabuhok
* gabundok
* gabutil

#### See also

* gaga-
* gangga-

## Tooro
### Alternative forms

* (before /e/) ge-
* (before /o/) go-

### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *gá-.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡa-/

### Prefix

ga-
* class 6 pronominal concord
    ‎ga- + ‎-nu (“this, these”) → ‎ganu (“these (class 6)”)
* they; class 6 subject concord
    ‎ga- + ‎-kora (“to do”) → ‎gakora (“they (class 6) do”)
* positive imperative form of -ga- (“them; class 6 object concord”)
    ‎ga- + ‎-ha (“to give”) → ‎gaha (“give them (class 6)”)

#### See also

| Class | Person | Independent | Possessive | Subject concord | Object concord | Combined forms | Combined forms |
| Class | Person | Independent | Possessive | Subject concord | Object concord | na | ni |
| Class 1 | First | nyowe, nye | -ange | n- | -n- | nanyowe, nanye | ninyowe, ninye |
| Class 1 | Second | iwe | -awe | o- | -ku- | naiwe | niiwe |
| Class 1 | Third | uwe | -e | a- | -mu- | nawe | nuwe |
| Class 2 | First | itwe | -aitu | tu- | -tu- | naitwe | niitwe |
| Class 2 | Second | inywe | -anyu | mu- | -ba- | nainywe | niinywe |
| Class 2 | Third | abo | -abo | ba- | -ba- | nabo | nubo |
| Class 3 | Class 3 | gwo | -agwo | gu- | -gu- | nagwo | nugwo |
| Class 4 | Class 4 | yo | -ayo | e- | -gi- | nayo | niyo |
| Class 5 | Class 5 | lyo | -alyo | li- | -li- | nalyo | niryo |
| Class 6 | Class 6 | go | -ago | ga- | -ga- | nago | nugo |
| Class 7 | Class 7 | kyo | -akyo | ki- | -ki- | nakyo | nikyo |
| Class 8 | Class 8 | byo | -abyo | bi- | -bi- | nabyo | nibyo |
| Class 9 | Class 9 | yo | -ayo | e- | -gi- | nayo | niyo |
| Class 10 | Class 10 | zo | -azo | zi- | -zi- | nazo | nizo |
| Class 11 | Class 11 | rwo | -arwo | ru- | -ru- | narwo | nurwo |
| Class 12 | Class 12 | ko | -ako | ka- | -ka- | nako | nuko |
| Class 13 | Class 13 | two | -atwo | tu- | -tu- | natwo | nutwo |
| Class 14 | Class 14 | bwo | -abwo | bu- | -bu- | nabwo | nubwo |
| Class 15 | Class 15 | kwo | -akwo | ku- | -ku- | nakwo | nukwo |
| Class 16 | Class 16 | ho | -aho | ha- | -ha- | naho | nuho |
| Class 17 | Class 17 | (kwo) | N/A | ha- (...-yo) | -ha- | N/A | nukwo |
| Class 18 | Class 18 | (mwo) | -amwo | ha- (...-mu) | -ha- | N/A | numwo |
| Reflexive | Reflexive | -enyini, -onyini | — | — | -e- | — | — |

### References

* Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary‎, Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 414